The Career of a Chambermaid (1976)

5.0/10 111 min Comedy Romance Drama

Overview

This slight skewering of the mindset of the Fascist era when Italy’s “White Telephone” films (conservative minded sophisticated comedy-dramas revolving around the bourgeoisie) were in vogue gives Agostina Belli her best role – an ambitious Venetian girl that goes from chambermaid to prostitute to singer to film-star to mistress of ‘Il Duce’! – for which she received a special David Di Donatello award, the Italian equivalent of the Oscar.

Cast

Agostina Belli

Marcella Valmarin alias Alba Doris

Cochi Ponzoni

Roberto Trevisan

Maurizio Arena

Luciani

William Berger

Franz

Lino Toffolo

Gondrano Rossi

Vittorio Gassman

Franco Denza

Ugo Tognazzi

Adelmo

Paolo Baroni

segretario di Marcella

Renato Pozzetto

Bruno

Alvaro Vitali

Mario

Nora Orlandi

Franca Stoppi

la partigiana

Carla Terlizzi

Laura Trotter

Loretta Mari

Enrico Marciani

Bisanti

Giovanni Brusadori

Il partigiano occhialuto

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